Akshayamatinirdesha [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit edition of the Akshayamatinirdesha: an ancient Mahayana Sutra devoted to the Bodhisattva Akshayamati, recognized as one of the sixteen bodhisattvas of the Bhadrakalpa (fortunate aeon). The text expounds the practices and ethics of the Bodhisatva way of life. Original titles: Akṣayamatinirdeśa (अक्षयमतिनिर्देश), Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra (अक्षयमतिनिर्देशसूत्र), Akṣayamati-nirdeśa-sūtra (अक्षयमति-निर्देश-सूत्र).
73rd akṣaya, Dhāraṇī
[English text for this chapter is available]
tatra katamā dhāraṇyakṣayatā?
dhāraṇīti yā pūrvakuśalamūlopacayayā smṛtyā caturaśīter dharmaskandhānāṃ dhāraṇatādhāraṇatāsaṃpramoṣatā samyagādhāraṇatā. iyam ucyate dhāraṇī. punar dhāraṇīti yayā sarvabuddhabhāṣitādhāraṇatā sarvabodhisattvapratyekabuddhaśrāvakasattvabhāṣitādhāraṇatā sarvasubhāṣitāśeṣādhāraṇatā. yam ucyate dhāraṇī. yadā sa kalpāntaravyativṛtto vā janmāntaravyativṛtto'pi vā na tat tasya bodhisattvasya dhāraṇīsmṛtijñānaṃ praṇaśyate na pramuṣyate. sarvadharmān āryaprajñācakṣuṣā karatalāmalakavat paśyati. iyam ucyate'kṣayā dhāraṇī.